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Henri Coanda International Airport is Romania’s main international airport and serves the capital city of Bucharest along with the smaller Baneasa Aurel Vlaicu. The airport is located in Otopeni, north of Bucharest. It is named after Romanian flight pioneer Henri Coandăa, the builder of the world’s first jet powered aircraft. Until May 2004, its official name was Bucharest Otopeni International and locally it is still occasionally referred to by its former name. In 1992, Otopeni Airport became a regular member of Airports Council International. In 1997 a new international departures lounge with a capacity of 1000 to 1200 passengers per hour was opened, as well as five modern airbridges. In 2000, Phase II of the development initiative continued, and the International Arrivals Terminal was improved. Bucharest airport is an important airport in Eastern Europe and the main hub of the Romanian national airline, TAROM. Low fare airlines generally operate from Bucharest’s Baneasa Airport, 10 kilometers to the south, rather than Otopeni Airport, except Clickair and EasyJet. Visitors of Romania can rent a car at Bucharest airport; the rent a car desk is situated in the public area of the International Arrivals terminal. The airport’s terminal facilities consist of a single terminal, divided into three halls. These three sections are the International Departures Hall, the International Arrivals Hall, and the Domestic Flights Hall. A passage with several shops connects the halls. The airport has five jetways, all within the International Departures Hall. Additionally, another 9 gates are present at the airport that currently lack jetways. An extension to the actual terminal, with 8 extra jetways, is presently under construction.